MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-02-01 Thread Green, Cathy
e.edu > Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 3:03 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from] > > On Jan 31, 2006, at 20:43, Lee Larson wrote: > > > On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Bill Rising bemoaned: > > >

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-02-01 Thread Bill Rising
On Jan 31, 2006, at 20:43, Lee Larson wrote: > On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Bill Rising bemoaned: > >> Jeez, this sounds like the awful HP all-in-one here at work. I >> went to install the durn HP software for scanning, and it >> installed absolute garbage software all over the place. Just >

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-02-01 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 31, 2006, at 9:38 PM, Jerry Freeman asked for guidance: > arrrgh! Does this mean we are going to have to start footnoting our > links fearless leader Only if you want to keep your messages legible. I've been footnoting them for years because I dislike how inline links break up the flow

MacGroup: Scanners & OCR

2006-02-01 Thread Nelsn Helm
At 5:10 PM -0500 1/31/06, Neal Hammon wrote: >By the way, do any members know where I can purchase a simple OCR >that with work with my system? I don't know if it will work with your system, but I have an OmniPage LE [crippled] v.5.5 [copyright 2000] OCR that came bundled with an eMax SCSI sc

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-01-31 Thread Jerry Freeman
arrrgh! Does this mean we are going to have to start footnoting our links fearless leader? :) ...jf On Jan 31, 2006, at 8:43 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > I changed over to ViewScan [1], and it works perfectly now. > > [1] -- next part -- A non-text

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-01-31 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Bill Rising bemoaned: > Jeez, this sounds like the awful HP all-in-one here at work. I went > to install the durn HP software for scanning, and it installed > absolute garbage software all over the place. Just awful I have an HP ScanJet 5370C and I thought it

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Carl Wimmer
I go along with Ann. I wanted a FW scanner at a reasonable price, but the 2450 was gone. Mine is an Epson Perfection 2580 Photo. Very fast USB 2.0. 48 or 24 bit TIFFS or JPEGs or Pdf. Also a nifty film strip reader (35 mm only, negs or transparencies) that does very passable 2400 dpi if all

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-01-31 Thread Bill Rising
On Jan 31, 2006, at 17:15, Green, Cathy wrote: > I have an HP Scanjet 4070 Photosmart that I've yet to get going so > that it works each time I need it to...It will scan fine [snip...] Jeez, this sounds like the awful HP all-in-one here at work. I went to install the durn HP software for scan

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Jonathan Fletcher
On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:15 PM, RobK wrote: > Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? I'm kinda enamored with the skinny Canons. Decent quality and I can throw it in a brief case next to my laptop when I need to scan on location. Like, last time was California. j. -- Jonathan Fletcher

MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-from]

2006-01-31 Thread Green, Cathy
owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu on behalf of > RWhite at neffpackaging.com > Reply To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:12 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Scanners [bcc][faked-fr

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Neal Hammon
Before I went to system X, I had a Mac G4, system 8, and was using an Epson Perfection model 164OSU. I was very happy with the scanner and the software, which included an OCR. But when I switched to a Mac G5 and System 10.3, I could not get the Epson to work, and I got talked into a HP Scanj

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Bill Rising
On Jan 31, 2006, at 14:04, RobK wrote: > Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? I like my scanner, though I get frustrated with the software. It's a Canon 1240U which cost very little (maybe $99 at the most), and it makes decent scans for what I use it for: handwritten text (class n

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Anne Cartwright
Nelson, Thank you for the wonderful review of the Canoscan (Toscanini according to my spell checkeer). I am glad I got the information. I love Epson, but your review is music to my ears. Anne Nelsn Helm wrote: > At 2:04 PM -0500 1/31/06, RobK wrote: >> Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddy

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Nelsn Helm
At 2:04 PM -0500 1/31/06, RobK wrote: >Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? I have a USB Canoscan LiDE #? which draws power from USB, no wall wart. came bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements v.2 insists on running on Classic, if Classic is running. often g

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Anne Cartwright
Rob, I have an Epson Perfection 2450 PHOTO scanner and I love it. It is a 48 bit, 2400x4800 dpi reflective flatbed scanner. I'm not sure if this model is still made, but I'm sure Epson still makes a similar one. I use it all the time with big stuff (make multiple scans and paste together in Ph

MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread Jerry Freeman
I like my scanner :) An Epson Photo 3200 has meet my requirements for scanning old photos to restore. Newer models are available with increased resolution. For slides and film I use a Dimage Scan Dual IV. I run both with Silverfast software...jf http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/ho

MacGroup: Scanners

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MacGroup: Scanners

2006-01-31 Thread RobK
Okay, who likes their scanner and whaddya got? Thanks, rob | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is . | List posting address: | Lis

MacGroup: Scanners

2003-06-05 Thread Joseph Jutz
Thanks, George for the info. The HP 3570c scanner was one that I've been looking at and it's on sale now at OfficeMax for $109.99. I may check out the HP web site for those new drivers. Thanks, again, Joe Jutz. On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 03:43 PM, George H. Yankey wrote: > Joe, > I have a

MacGroup: Scanners

2003-06-05 Thread George H. Yankey
Joe, I have a HP 3570c scanner. I had problems with their drivers; however, I received a call from HP this week telling me they have a driver compatible with OS 10.2 They say it is available for download. George Yankey On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 02:03 PM, Joseph Jutz wrote: > Hello, Mac Gr

MacGroup: Scanners

2003-06-05 Thread Jerry Yeager
Epson, HP, UMAX, Microtek, etc. all make OS-X compatible scanners, the question I would have to ask is what do you consider reasonably priced? Try hitting versiontracker.com and looking for a shareware program called VueScan. Its goal in life seems to be allowing you to use older unsupported (a

MacGroup: Scanners

2003-06-05 Thread Joseph Jutz
Hello, Mac Group. Are there any reasonably priced scanners that will work in OSX? I have an old UMAX Astra 2100u that will only work if you boot up into OS9. I'd like to get something not too expensive that will work in OSX. Any suggestions? Thanks, Joe Jutz | The next meeting of the Louisvil

MacGroup: Scanners

2003-04-02 Thread Anne Cartwright
While we seem to be on the subject of scanners, let's switch to Epson. Does anyone know of any OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software that works with the Epson Perfection 2450 PHOTO scanner? Anne | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page

MacGroup: scanners

2002-09-20 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Elements came with my epson scanner. I like it a lot! The scanner and the software. Don't know if there are X drivers for the scanner. I run it in classic mode. on 09/19/2002 11:01 AM, Nelson Helm at helmkyny at clockwinders.net wrote: >> I will ask for advice on a scanner. I am on my third one.

MacGroup: scanners

2002-09-19 Thread Bill Rising
On 9/19/02 11:01, Nelson Helm wrote >>I will ask for advice on a scanner. I am on my third one. I saw the >>questions on UMAX. All of mine have been UMAX. I tried the first on an >>old Power Mac. Software conflicts. The second I tried on my existing >>iMac. Could not load software. Returned to sho

MacGroup: scanners

2002-09-19 Thread Nelson Helm
>I will ask for advice on a scanner. I am on my third one. I saw the >questions on UMAX. All of mine have been UMAX. I tried the first on an >old Power Mac. Software conflicts. The second I tried on my existing >iMac. Could not load software. Returned to shop and exchanged for a low >grade UMAX. Th